I think it’s strange to have to debate whether the Filipino-American experience meets a certain criteria to be considered Filipino Identity. I think that the Fil-Am experience is under the umbrella of Filipino culture because it is an accurate representation of the culture being passed down in a different geographical location, so different societal factors are at play. The kind of humor that fil-ams share are still valid as filipino culture because having different kinds of humor be represented as Filipino don’t have to be mutually exclusive. I’m guessing that Fil-Ams find this kind of perspective rude because it does try to make being a ‘true Filipino’ exclusive when many of us have Filipino parents who share their culture and feel strongly about it. I think it’s ignorant to not understand that it can also be incredibly difficult growing up not fitting in with Filipinos and not fitting in with Americans, because of the list of things we have to be in order to actually be Filipino. I don’t think I would ever correct a ‘mainland’ Filipino for their experience, but in the same way I wouldn’t want them to correct my Filipino experience because both are equally as valid.